David Rabeeya
David Rabeeya was an Israeli-American author and professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
Dr. Rabeeya was a practicing Sephardic Jew born in Baghdad, Iraq and raised in an Arabic household. His family moved to Israel in 1951. In 1970, he moved to the United States. Dr. Rabeeya taught students at elementary school, high school, and university levels. He worked for 33 years at Bryn Mawr College where he was a lecturer in the Program in Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Dr. Rabeeya has written books on various subjects focusing on the Middle East and the relationship between Jews and other groups.
Rabeeya died on February 18, 2022, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 83.
Books
America: Criticize It But StayThe Journey of an Arab-Jew: Through the American MazeBaghdadi Treasures: Challenging Ideas & Humorous SayingsIsrael: Stripped BareWomen's Struggles; Women's DreamsRabeeya's Reflections: Love, Sex and WitSephardic Lolita: Judeo-Arabic Restoration And ReconciliationFruma: Caught in Her WebA Humanistic Siddur of Spirituality And Meaning: The American Character; We Rationalize Everything1,001 Jokes About Rabbis: And The Rest Of The WorldAfifah: A Bedouin OdysseyFundamentalism: Roots, Causes and ImplicationsZionism: Final CallHomosexuals under Sharia LawVisionary MemoirQuarter in Half TimeThe Journey of an Arab-Jew in European IsraelA Guide to Understanding Judaism and Islam: More Similarities Than differences- ''Sephardic Recipes: Delicacies from Baghdad''